Any public Pixelfed instance that allows Instagram import?

Is there any public instance, where I could use function “import from instagram”?

Im looking for general instance, preferably hosted in Europe

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Freakazoid@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 96d (4 replies)

Gram.social is a good one, hosted in Germany with thebimpoet feature available. Its the largest server in Europe. And second largest from the instances according to pixelfed.org/servers

Kkk2237pl@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 96d (3 replies)

Im at Gram.social but I cant import anything

Freakazoid@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 96d (2 replies)

Cant import? I'm not an Instagram user but as far as I'm aware there is an option to do that at settings > import > Import from Instagram (hit the import button)

Kkk2237pl@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 96d (1 reply)

Yes, I tried that and I get an error.

Maybe ig changed structure of the files

Freakazoid@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 96d

That might be the thing; maybe others on this wonderful platform can help you further.

abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es · 2 pts · 94d

@Kkk2237pl Can I suggest that success here is modifying and building on existing tools that work with other existing tools and making them work better.

For example - I found git.sr.ht/~cloutier/dotmakeup #dotmakeup by @vincent - which can pull instagram and twitter posts and syndicate them. #Friendica has add on that post to Twitter - so my thinking is that adding #dotmakup tools into Friendica would help allow users to migrate to Friendica while maintaining connections via Twitter and Instagram

Dropping back a bit Friendica works really well on #Yunohost - making #Yunohost easier to run on a homerouter as a drop in replacement for ISP supplied routers would mean that it would be easier for people to buy a bit of kit, take it home , turn it on , have their own ActivityPub server running fairly quickly and be linked into those existing communities (both ActivityPub and commercial)

lovingisliving@anarchist.nexus · 1 pts · 95d (11 replies)
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Kkk2237pl@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 95d (10 replies)

Another platform? Isnt Pixelfed / Monnett enough? ;)

In the end I thought that I will just set up new own Pixelfed instance, and I will import everything and fix dates if needed

lovingisliving@anarchist.nexus · 1 pts · 95d (9 replies)
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abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es · 1 pts · 94d (8 replies)

@lovingisliving If you want a #Facebook replacement then look to #Friendica - rather than anything new.

lovingisliving@anarchist.nexus · 1 pts · 94d (7 replies)
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abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es · 1 pts · 94d (1 reply)

@lovingisliving What specifically were the issues that you ran into?

Improving it - that's alot less work than recreating something from scratch.

lovingisliving@anarchist.nexus · 1 pts · 94d
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zarapp@social.vivaldi.net · 1 pts · 94d (4 replies)

@lovingisliving
Hmmm, it has a lot of nice features and connectivity. But yes, it's not easy to handle.

@abeorch

abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es · 1 pts · 94d (3 replies)

@lovingisliving @zarapp I can only talk to my own experience but running an instance for friends and family has been pretty minimal effort

lovingisliving@anarchist.nexus · 1 pts · 94d
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